This is a non-confrontational
Native American approach to working with and training horses, but
it is much more. It is about working with “yourself”
emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The philosophy uses the
medicine wheel as a model: the four colors, the four directions,
seasons, stages of life and behaviors that come with the stages,
and animals, it teaches we are one and part of the circle. Horses
too have four sides, the child, adolescent, adult and grandparent
side, they mirror us as humans. The mirror/reflection tell us that
how we relate to ourselves is how we relate to others, this holds
true for horses. If we have a bad attitude and we are confrontational,
the horse will mirror that behavior, just like humans.

This is just
some of the philosophy of the Medicine Wheel Model. Research has
proven that horses help people; with disabilities, and emotional
problems or just young people that are misunderstood.